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Fallin urges Okla. Legislature for health care fix
Sat, 18 May 2013 02:56:12 GMT -
Gov. Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their health insurance under the program.
GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care lawFri, 17 May 2013 22:41:41 GMT -
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Arkansas Unemployment Rate Falls in April
Sat, 18 May 2013 05:38:07 GMT -
Unemployment in Arkansas is finally headed down again. The state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point from 7.2 percent in March to 7.1 percent in April.
Garda scandal rumbles on as Minister 'names and shames' TDSat, 18 May 2013 01:33:35 GMT -
A row over the cancellation of thousands of motoring offences continues unabated in the 26 Counties, despite the report of an internal Garda police investigation which cleared the force of corruption.
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OSHA says Wolf Creek employee was fired for reporting safety concerns
Sat, 18 May 2013 04:13:09 GMT -
Wolf Creek Generating Station is nuclear power plant near Burlington in east-central Kansas.
CAD cells explained: A where's what of New Bedford dredgingSat, 18 May 2013 01:08:34 GMT -
Are you uncertain about which CAD cells are which in New Bedford Harbor? The increased number of confined aquatic disposal cells has led to some confusion about which are where and what's in them.
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Kingdom's asset management sector ranked No 3 in world
Sat, 18 May 2013 03:47:53 GMT -
Thailand's asset-management industry has been voted third-best in the world, according to a global investor survey revealed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DealBook: Investor Group Asks S.E.C. to Intervene on Access to Shareholder Vote TotalsFri, 17 May 2013 23:33:33 GMT -
The Council of Institutional Investors has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to intervene after the main company that provides real-time tabulations on shareholder votes stopped giving this information to the groups that sponsor proposals.